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Forum: Women driving change

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... "They [employers] really need to start being more flexible around their work practices and try to embrace females in the workplace, and help them overcome the challenges they feel they are facing." The group agreed that one of the biggest challenges ...

SelectingSuper celebrates super powers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... speaker. Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund, TelstraSuper won the prestigious Super Fund of the Year Award, Workplace Super Product of the Year - Value Winner Award and Innovation Award - Member Communications. "We don't set out each year ...

Promotion prospects need to be addressed: Survey

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... half of respondents said they 'weren't very or weren't at all' satisfied with the opportunities for promotion in their workplace. "Firms need to recognise employees' desire for a visible career path and better manage their expectations about promotion ...

Aust equities drive default growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... inflation although over a three year period the index returned to zero. According to the research, Health Super was the best Workplace Super fund (by default options) over the 12 months with 7.7% returns, followed by Triple-S (SA), Catholic Super and ...

Indigenous Australians offered chance to Clime career ladder

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... economic empowerment initiative during his time at Citibank. AES continues to mentor trainees during their time in the workplace to increase the chances of them being retained by the employer. Last year it had 113 graduates from the programme, 75% of ...

Boost for corporate sector as Stronger Super details emerge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... with flexibility on investment strategies, member services and fees. Stronger Super will also allow flexibility and workplace tailoring for insurance and will not require a separate licence or fund for MySuper. The Government said it would help super ...

Gender diversity falls under hiring pressure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... have reported pressure from businesses to find a new recruit as soon as possible at the cost of achieving a diverse workplace, which is crucial for recruitment and retention strategies in the Australian finance industry, said eFinancialCareers. "When ...

Retail super fund commissions revealed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... planners on employees' compulsory super contributions between 2008 and 2010. "The MySuper reforms are intended to address workplace default arrangements where no advice is provided. Clearly, it is inappropriate to grandfather commissions paid to financial ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... 5.5% and master trusts 3.2% for a gap between them that is still an incredibly high 2.3 percentage points. The top five Workplace Super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were ANZ Staff Super with 10.3%, Health Super with 9.4%, Local Super ...

Development, not cash, job market motivator

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Cash incentives are not enough in today's financial industry workplace, with long term career development now the top spot on finance candidates wish lists. The allure of long-term career development was found to be the most attractive asset a finance ...